Release

60 MINUTES II

Begins its sixth season on the CBS Television Network in the fall

ON AIR: Wednesdays (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT)

ORIGINATION: New York

FORMAT: A weekly primetime newsmagazine with the signature style, journalistic quality and integrity of the original 60 MINUTES. The broadcast includes original reporting from its team of experienced correspondents, as well as periodic reports from other CBS News correspondents. Also occasionally featured are fresh reports from 60 MINUTES correspondents updating their classic stories.

PREMIERE: Jan. 13, 1999

CORRESPONDENTS: Dan Rather, Bob Simon, Vicki Mabrey, Charlie Rose, Scott Pelley

CONTRIBUTOR: Lara Logan

CONTRIBUTING ESSAYISTS: Bill Geist, Steve Hartman

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Jeff Fager

SENIOR BROADCAST PRODUCER: Michael Whitney

EXECUTIVE EDITOR: Patti Hassler

PRODUCERS: Tom Anderson, Joel Bernstein, Denise Cetta, Lisa Cohen, George Crile, Kyra Darnton, Barbara Dury, Margaret Ebrahim, Shawn Efran, Raylena Fields, Paul Gallagher, Steve Glauber, John Hamlin, Janet Klein, Mary Mapes, Chris Martin, Draggan Mihailovich, Harry Moses, Wayne Nelson, Bill Owens, Michael Rosenbaum, Phil Shimkin, Miriam Weintraub, Andrew Wolff

DIRECTOR: Arthur Bloom